Improvement in hay and cotton-presses



+ dannigaat .Lesern H. JOHNSON, or GRIFFIN', enOReiA.

Letters Patent No. 108,599, dated October 25, 1870. I

-swf IMPROVEMENT IN HAV ND CCTTON-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to 'in these Letters Patent and part of the same.

To all whom @1t/may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. JOHNSON, of Griihn, y

in the county of Spaulding and State of Georgia, have invented a new and improved Cotton and Hay-Press; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this Specification, in which- Figurel is a side view ot' the machine, showing the brake and its lever, and one of the levers foroperating the shaft.

Figure 2 is a view of the opposite side, showing the pendulum-lever.

Figure 3 is a transverse verticalsection, showing the internal construction of a portion of the machine.

The first part of the invention consists in attach, ing the platen to arack, which is elevated anddepressed by apinion-wheel secured to a shaft that soperated by a ratchet-wheel, pawl, detent, and

ever.

' The second partof the invention consists in Operating the rack either in combination with the ratclietwheel,'pawl, detent, and lever, just mentioned, or separately, by a pendulum-lever, ratchet-wheel, pawl,

and deteut, arranged at the opposite end of the shaft. The third part of the invention consists of a brake I and lever of -peculiar construction, attached to the press, and arranged in such a manner that they can be operated by the foot, so as to hold the ratchetwheel, and thereby the shaft to which it is lsecured, while the detents, pawls, levers, Sac., are being removed to permit the rack and platen to be raised from the bale of cotton or hay.

In the drawing#- a is the rack, to which the platen is attached.

b isthe shaft, to which the ratchet c, pinion d, spool f, and ratchet e, are secured.

g is a sliding frame, provided with friction-rollers h and the thumb-screw When drawn slightly back it permits the rack a to fallout oi' gear; when screwed up it holds the rack in gear, while the friction-rollers t permit it to work freely.

The detent j is attached to the plate t, which is provided with the slot k, through which the teeth of the ratchet c slightly protrude.

Z is a brake, which is worked in the loops m by the crooked lever B having its fulcrum on the pivot 'n in the bar o.

The bars p' and q are secu-red to the uprghts G and G, the loops m and bar o being secured to the bars 'p and q.

The lever D has thev pawl fr connected to the thumblever s by a cord. Arecess in its under side, near the pawl/r, fits over the pivot't, formed on the endV of a bar securedto the uprights at the end ofthe press, so that by simply withdrawing the pawl fromthe ratchet by pressing upon the thumb-lever s, the lever D can be taken from the pivot t.

The ratchet-wheel e is provided with the detent w, connected with the lever H by a wire, x, fastened to the detent at y, and to the lever at z.

Ilhe lever H passes through a loop, h', on the crosspiece c', parallel with the girder d', where it turns at a right angle with'the loop b', passes in the direction lof the outside of the girder d', and under the detent By drawing the lever H toward the upright C, both detents j and w arerat the same time withdrawn from their respective ratchets, and withheld by placing the lever H behind the pin e.

E is the pendulum-lever, provided with the pawl fu., connected to the thumb-lever 'u by a cord, and secured to the shaft b sov as to be removable at pleasure.

A cord, a1', isattached to the weight f',-by which the pendulum E can be vibrated to aid in depressing the platen.

The side doors J, and also the end-doors, not `shown,) have the strips'k at each end.

The sills K are mortised to receive the lower edges ot the doors, and the'lower end of the strips k. A

The end doors, and in fact the entire ends of the box, )rotrude inside ofthe nprights, as at T, suilicientl far to permit the balejof cotton o r hay to be rolled out at the side door J, after it has been formed.v

The arm L is securely attached to the girder d', by the bands or loops n.

A cord is run over the pulley M, and one end-of it attached to the 'spool f, and the other provided with the tongs 0. f

The bale ot cotton or hay can be raised after first throwing the rack out of gear, the press being empty, by workingthe shaft b, using either the lever D or E, or the crank N.

"When raised to a vproper height the brake l canbe applied, the detente raised by placing the power-end of the lever H back of the pin e', the lever D or E may be removed, and the bale lowered into the wagon. f

The rods R have heads at their lower ends, and nuts and screws at their upper ones, and are used to strengthen the frame of the press.

Having thus described my invention, I

What I claimas new, and' desire to secure by Let-i 1. The rack a, shaft b, with or without the spool f and ratchet e, but provided with the pinion al and ratchet c, plate i having thedetent j, lever D pro vided with the pawl r, and thumb-lever s, all arranged as deseribed,'f'or the purpose specified.

l2. The penduluni-le\'er E, provided with the pawl u, thumb-1ever v, and weight f,'ratchet e, and detent fw, arranged relatively to each other and to the shaft b, provided with` a pinion, (l, substautiall y as and for the purpose specified.

3.v The pendulum-lever E, provided with the pawl u, thumb-lever fu, and weight f', ratchet e land detent w, arranged relatively to each other and to the shaft b, provided with the pinion ll, in combination with the lever D, provided with the pawl r and thumb-lever s, ratchet-c, plate t, and detent j, arranged relatively to W'itnesses:

GEO. W. MABEn, T. B. Mosman. 

